PlayStation 5 Discussion Thread

[Corporal Hicks]

It's not about changing them. It's about ownership.

[Local Trouble]

But just imagine how much space you free up if you didn't have all that physical media.

[Immortan Jonesy]

Someone here is not eco friendly enough

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Oh it's me! 🚬 💨 sorry guys   

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[426Buddy]

But just imagine how much space you free up if you didn't have all that physical media.

Space is over rated

[Local Trouble]

Does physical media really guarantee ownership in a world where console games commonly require day-one patches?

https://www.engadget.com/2016-08-08-day-one-patch-no-mans-sky-always-on.html

[Stitch]

Does physical media really guarantee ownership in a world where console games commonly require day-one patches?

https://www.engadget.com/2016-08-08-day-one-patch-no-mans-sky-always-on.html

You just play the unpatched version, I guess.

[Local Trouble]

For better or worse, I'd say that only the console games released prior to the 7th generation could actually be owned.  The developers actually had to put in some effort to QA test them too.

All we can really own on physical media now are essentially beta versions that were deemed "good enough" for release by a certain date, even if they're broken as f**k.

[Corporal Hicks]

That's also a fair point. Also given how much focus is on the MP, what's the point when in so many years and the servers are then dead. I guess, realistically, the physical ownership is down to things like films and TV. For games, it might just be more for that extra something of something you love on your shelf.

[Local Trouble]

Even then, if the physical media is damaged or lost then your "ownership" of it is lost as well.  With few exceptions (e.g. Transformers: Devastation), if my digital copy is lost for some reason then all I have to do is download and install it again because the purchase is attached to my account.

Given the emphasis that all of the console makers are now placing on backwards compatibility (and even patching older games to run better than they did on their original platforms), I expect they'll also put more effort into making these games available on their servers over the long term.

[Huggs]

Galaga is all I need.

[Local Trouble]

You still need Borderlands 3.

[Huggs]

Already beat it.

[Local Trouble]

Borderlands 4 then.  Randy gotta eat.

[Huggs]

Randy gotta eat.

Yeah, poop.

And lots of it.

[Local Trouble]

You'll probably be needing a PS5 if you want to contribute to Randy's poop supply.